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The public are being asked to report sightings of 22 tree pests and diseases and newly emerging threats. By working with computer game designers to create a freely available online forest management game we can enable players pit their wits against, and learn more about, pests and diseases. The virtual forest simulator – CALEDON – is a survival strategy game that aims to develop understanding of plant health issues as they relate to forestry. By using the increasingly popular gaming medium, it is hoped that younger people will become interested in forestry and plant health as potential future
In conjunction with Agri-EPI, SEFARI Gateway recently held a virtual communication workshop aimed at enhancing the communication and knowledge exchange skills of researchers working at the BioSense Institute in Serbia. The workshop centred around two specific areas: sharing best practices in knowledge exchange and learning through case studies. 25 BioSense researchers listened to two communication experts address the importance of communication and knowledge exchange for the research community: Keynote speaker was Dr Michelle Wilson Chalmers, Research and Communications Manager at SEFARI
"We’re very pleased as an Institute to contribute to the development of methods to assess species genetic diversity and contribute to the conservation of Scotland’s biodiversity" A scientific team featuring researchers of the James Hutton Institute and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) has scooped the Innovation Award at the prestigious RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards 2020. Led by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, NatureScot and the University of Edinburgh, the team worked with 43 scientists from 18 organisations to establish a ‘world-first’ standardised risk assessment to identify
Natural capital approaches involve identifying, understanding, and measuring the relative contribution of nature to economic performance and human well-being. By adopting the language of business, natural capital approaches allow the natural environment to be included in discussions about business decisions. Five land-based businesses across Scotland have trialled various natural capital approaches in recent years, including the Natural Capital Protocol (NCP) and Corporate Natural Capital Accounting (CNCA). This case study synthesises insights from five pilot studies and explains how natural
Article published in IMA Fungus available online at: https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/BF03449428
Jo is an ascomycete taxonomist and foliar fungal endophyte researcher. Her studies are currently focused on forest pathology and the potential role of beneficial fungal endophytic partners. She also contributes to the Scotland's Plant Health Centre website. Prior to working at RBGE, Jo worked as a post-doc at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, researching diseases of Proteaceae and as a lecturer at the University of Botswana investigating post-harvest pathogens of grains. Jo has been involved for a long time with mycology in Asia, since her PhD at the University of Hong Kong on Arecaceae
SEFARI scientists have been recognised for their innovative work on conserving genetic diversity by the Nature of Scotland Award 2020. This project, led by Professor Pete Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, has established a world-first method to help understand and conserve genetic diversity in some of Scotland's most iconic wild species. The UK Government has signed up to several international conventions relating to the conservation of nature. One of the most significant of these is the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD is concerned with the conservation of all
The following case study summarises a SEFARI Think Tank involving the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scottish Natural Heritage. SEFARI Think Tanks are designed to address challenging and often contested research questions of national and international importance. This project brought together experts to address Aichi Target 13 on the conservation of genetic diversity. The project has established a world-first method to help understand and conserve genetic diversity in some of Scotland's most iconic wild species. This fills a significant gap in addressing this international target, as the